Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Djamolidine Abdoujaparov |
| Nickname | The Tashkent Terror |
| Born |
February 28, 1964 Tashkent, Soviet Union |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1990 | Alfa Lum |
| 1991–1992 | Carrera |
| 1993 | Lampre |
| 1994 | Polti |
| 1995 | Novell |
| 1996 | Ceramiche Refin - Mobilvetta |
| 1997 | Lotto |
| Major wins | |
Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (English: Jamoliddin Abdujaparov, Жамолиддин Абдужапаров; Russian: Джамолиди́н Абдужапа́ров) (born 28 February 1964 in Tashkent) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Uzbekistan.[1] Abdoujaparov was a sprinter, nicknamed "The Tashkent Terror"[2] as he was so ferocious in the sprints. His unorthodox and often erratic sprinting caused a number of crashes.
Career
Abdoujaparov was born in Tashkent to a Crimean Tatar family which was forcibly deported to Uzbekistan during Soviet rule.[1] A graduate of the Soviet sports programme, he came into his prime just as his country gained independence; after initial difficulties (including Uzbekistan's not being affiliated to the UCI, which caused problems with the Cycling World Championship) he signed for a Western professional team and became one of the world's top sprinters.
Abdoujaparov had numerous tussles with Laurent Jalabert in the Tour de France's green sprinters jersey competition in the early 1990s. In 1991 Abdoujaparov won the competition despite a spectacular crash during the final stage on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, where he collided with the barriers 100 m before the finish and somersaulted into the air. Despite still holding enough points to win the sprinters' jersey, he had to cross the line unaided. Members of his team picked him up, put him back on the bike, and he rode slowly over the last few meters, medical staff walking alongside him.
In his last complete tour in 1996, Abdoujaparov achieved a mountain breakaway for his last stage win, unusual for a sprinter. By this stage, though, results were not as good, and after failing anti-doping tests during the 1997 Tour de France’s second stage, he retired from cycling. He failed the tests screening for the presence in his body of, among others, the anti-asthma drug clenbuterol.
Abdoujaparov, a British rock band formed by former Carter USM guitarist Les "Fruitbat" Carter, is named after him.[3]
Victories
- 1987 Soviet national team
- Peace race
- 3 stages winner
- 1988 Soviet national team
- Peace race
Points classification winner (white jersey)- 2 stages winner
- Olympic games Seoul
- 5. place
- 1989 Soviet national team
- Peace race
- 1 stage winner
- 1990 Alfa Lum
- first year as professional
- 1991 Carrera
- Gent–Wevelgem
- Giro del Piemonte
- Tour de France
points classification winner- Winner stages 1 and 4
- 1 stage winner Semana Siciliana
- 2 stages winner Vuelta a Murcia
- 1 stage winner Volta a Catalunya
- G.P. Montreal
- 1992 Carrera
- Vuelta a España
points classification winner- 4 stages winner
- 1 stage Tour of Britain
- 1993 Lampre
- Tour de France
- points classification winner
- Winner stages 3,18 and 20
- Vuelta a España
- 3 stages winner
- Tour de Suisse
- 1 stage
- Criterium Amiens
- Criterium Lisieux
- Criterium Hendaya
- 1994 Polti
- Giro d'Italia
points classification winner- Intergiro Classification winner
- 1 stage winner
- Tour de France
- points classification winner
- winner stages 1 and 20
- 2 stages winner Paris–Nice
- 2 stages winner Three Days of De Panne
- 1 stage Tour DuPont
- Omnium Elsloo
- Profronde Roosendaal
- G.P. Rik van Steenbergen
- Poly Normande
- 2 stages winner Tour of Holland + 2nd place in overall classification
- Criterium Vayrac
- Criterium Bavikhove
- 1995 Novell
- Tour de France
- Winner stage 20
- 1 stage winner Tour DuPont
- Criterium Quillan
- 1996 Refin-Mobilvetta
- Tour de France
- Winner stage 14
- 1 stage winner Vuelta a Murcia
- 1 stage winner Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1 stage winner Giro di Sardegna
- Criterium Dijon
- Criterium Cauderan-Burdeos
- 1997 Lotto
- La Côte Picarde
- 1 stage Four Days of Dunkirk
- 2 stages Dauphiné Liberé
See also
References
- 1 2 "Djamolidine Abdoujaparov interview from ATR". ATR. 30 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2 December 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ↑ "'Tashkent terror' banned from cycling for one year". BBC News. 26 January 1998. Retrieved 18 July 2007.
- ↑ Carlson, Dean. "Abdoujaparov - Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
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